John Sebastian Graves1703 JOHN SEBASTIAN GRAVES 1804
BORN IN GERMANY AND CHRISTENED AS JOHANN
SEBASTIAN GRAFF. SAILING FROM ROTTERDAM ON
THE ALEXANDER AND ANN, ARRIVING AT
PHILADELPHIA SEPTEMBER 5, 1730, HE SETTLED IN
BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA AND MOVED TO
ORANGE (NOW ALAMANCE) COUNTY, NORTH
CAROLINA ABOUT 1757. BEING A MEMBER OF THE
REGULATORS HE FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF THE
ALAMANCE IN 1771. HE MOVED TO WHAT IS NOW
UNION COUNTY, TENNESSEE ABOUT 1800. HIS REMAINS
WERE REMOVED BY THE TVA TO THIS SITE IN 1935.